Device for beheading fowls.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE} HERBERT n. HOLDREN, or DAYTON, OHIO.

DEvIcE FOR BE E'ADING FOWLS.

Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed April 29. 1907. Serial no. 370.856.

Patented Dec. 10,1907.

. To all whom it may concern:

- ing Fowls, and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, andexaot description:

of the same, reference being had to the an.-

nexed drawings, making a part of t'his'specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

The object of the present invention-is to i provide a. cheap, simple, and easily operateddevice for beheading "chickens orother fowls which may be conveniently andquickly knife will be released and thellead of the fowl severed without in'anywaytorturing The invention consistsof a fowl beheader constructed substantially as shown -inthe drawings and hereinafter described and.

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of the fowl beheader showing) the pivotedknife set infull lines and after in dottedlines. Fig.2 an edge view/of Fig.

. 1. -:Fig. 3a. detail 's'eetionalivlew on line 3- of Fig. 1.

In the I sents a base-plate or; ody of the device which may be constructed of metal or wood as desiredandhas an'openingi at one edge of. suflicientsize'to permitthe easy insertion of the neck-*ofjthe' fowl, saidv base-plate or body .havingfa' suitable handle B to hold when 'operating the device. sented at a has aprojectingflange b w ch '40 extremityis beveled as shown at 0 so that the pivoted; knife willlpassover-it without danger" ofthgbeheading knife striking the end of the fl ng Aninclined keeper C. is securedto the baseplate or body A to hold the'knife D in a set position as indicated in full lines-of Fig 1 of the drawings, and a stop E is also rovided which ha'san overhanging-shoulder against which the knob e of the knife strikes when the same is releasedfrom the keeper as shown in dottedl-ines of Fig; 1.

The knife D may be of any suitable construction but composed of thin' spring steel so that its free end may be raised over the keeper to .release it therefrom, and is pivoeing released *aceompanyin drawings IA- repre- The openingas re re"- tally connected at one e'ndto the base plate or bodyA by means of apivot-pin which '.extends through the'inner en of the through a disk 9 and through a circl'ilai block h and .a c'api, which. stationary pivot-pin and cap to ether. The block h forms a-seat fora coile spring F one end of which is secured inany suitable manner to the baseplate or body A as indicated in dotted lines at x in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the opposite, end being turned up as shown atj in 3 of the drawings. Y

' The up-turned end 7'. of the spring F exabove the same and engages a notch} in'- the heel of the km'feD so that by mailing the knife to the position-to engage thekee er C the coiled spring will be contracted an give fowl. The up-turned endk of the spring F I p, extends through asegmental slot Z as shown 25 Figure 1. of the drawings is a side elevation in Fig; 1 of the drawings to admit the knife shown asset ready for operation, said knife I sition. The'neck of the fowl extends above I the opening a and whenthe knife is released by raising lt clear of the keeper C the spring F- willv force theknife against the neck of the fowl and quickly sever the head therefrom. Havi nowfully described my'invention, whatl c aim as new and desire to secure by LettersP-atent, is

A device for beheading fowls, consisting'of receive the neck-of the fowl and having thereblock,"a knife composed of thin spring steel pivotally connected thereto, a spring'coiled around the block one end of which is secured to the base-plate or body and the opposite and engaging a notch upon the back of the knife, substantially as and for the purpose setforth. a I v In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HERBERT H. 'HOLDREN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN MCSHERRY, W. A. CRISWELL.

serving the purpose of connecting the block to the knife when releasedthe required force. in its movement, to severthe head of the to have full play in its operating movement.

In Fig. -3 of the drawings, the knife D is bearing against the keeper 0 to hold it in po- .limfeand through the base-plate or body,-

p tends through the baseplate or body A and plied to the neck. of the fowl and by a simp e manipulation of the device-the beheading a base-plate" or body having an opening to on aninclined keeper and a stop, a circular 

